Jews, an Account of Their Experience in CanadaCh. 3 (p. 49-54), "Fascism in Quebec", discusses antisemitism in Quebec in the 1920s-30s. Ch. 4 (p. 55-66), "The Department of Immigration and the Rise of Hitler", and ch. 5 (p. 67-83), "Fighting a Losing Battle - a Portrait of Sam Jacobs", show how federal bureaucrats in the departments of the Interior and External Affairs, and Prime Ministers R.B. Bennett and Mackenzie King, stringently opposed Jewish immigration after Hitler's rise to power. The Jewish member of parliament Sam Jacobs failed to change their policy. |
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